Sunday, July 12, 2009

Do you sell Duvet Covers? and What's the deal with Custom Orders?

"Do you sell duvet covers?" To me the answer to this question seems obvious, but we hear it in the store quite a lot. The easy answer is : Yes, absolutely. The longer answer is, well longer and it sometimes involves custom orders.

Usually all six of the beds in the store will have duvet covers on them. We'll keep those in stock in queen and king sizes and if we can we'll try to have the same pattern in one or two additional colours. In addition to all of those we keep a selection of our basics line in queen and king in three colours. We also have literally hundreds of fabrics in different colours and patterns available to order in (almost) any size that you need.

Custom ordering a duvet cover in the fabric of your choice is a slightly more complicated process than buying off the floor but it has some big advantages as well. You'll get to take home exactly what you wanted rather than something that maybe just close enough and you have the flexibility of mixing and matching the fabrics to get them to work for your personal style and with your décor.

We do recommend that you borrow and take home the sample or samples overnight to ensure that it really does look as good in your room as we think it will. It is never more expensive to custom order bedding than it is to buy the same thing off the floor. As with anything the price depends on the fabric itself and the complexity of the finishing.

As for the wait, custom orders can be ready in as little as a few days to as long as ten weeks, though the average turn around time is 2 ½ to 3 ½ weeks. The plus side to a longer wait is that because we take a deposit on order and the balance is due on delivery, you may get to split you purchase between two credit card bills.

And for the sake of making a long answer even longer duvet covers are by no means the only thing we sell. We have a selection of the following things in the store and available to order at all times: sheets, pillowcases, coverlets, pillow shams, bed skirts, accent cushions, blankets, duvets, feather beds, pillows, pillow protectors,baby bedding and accessories, mattress protectors, beds, headboards, fabric yardage, night stands, lamps, table cloths, napkins, table runners, place mats, towels, bathmats, bath and body products, robes, pajamas, night gowns, night shirts, throw blankets and home décor accents and home care products. Just about the only bedroom thing we don't sell is mattresses, but if you like we're happy to recommend a couple of good places to buy those.

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